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Robinsonville rollover
A tow truck operator prepares to remove this Volkswagen sedan from a Robinsonville Road ditch after the unidentified driver apparently lost control around 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon (May 16), then ran off the roadway and traveled several yards before the vehicle rolled over at least once. Damage to the car was extensive; the driver reportedly refused medical transport. Firefighters from Barnett Crossroads, Little Rock and Atmore were dispatched to the…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Charged with meth, fentanyl trafficking
Floyd By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained behind bars, under a $1.5 million bond, late Monday, May 16, nearly two weeks after he was arrested for trafficking in two different controlled substances.Details are few, but court documents and jail records show that Antonio Demetrice Floyd, 41, was caught May 4 by drug agents. He reportedly had in his possession “more than 28 grams” of meth and “about…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Golden, Jamieson speak in Atmore
From left, Sandra Gray, Patricia Jamieson, Shaun Golden By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher A meet and greet for three Democrat candidates on upcoming ballots was held Saturday afternoon, May 14, on the Unity House grounds on North Main Street.Attending were Patricia Salter Jamieson on the primary ballot for governor (May 24), and Shaun Golden, candidate for Escambia County sheriff, on the ballot in the general election November 8.Dr. Will Boyd, candidate…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
Shots fired
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A juvenile female and two adult females were arrested May 6 by Atmore police and charged in connection with a May 5 incident that included several gunshots being fired in the parking lot of a local restaurant.The incident occurred at Acapulco’s Mexican Restaurant on East Church Street. It began inside the restaurant but carried into the parking lot.“A fight broke out between two females inside…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
City to spend portion of stimulus funds on sidetrack
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday, May 9, meeting three resolutions related to a railroad sidetrack that will serve the new Coastal Growers peanut shelling plant, including an agreement to use nearly $1 million of the city’s federal stimulus money to cover the agricultural co-op’s shortfall in funding the rail siding itself.The first resolution was to authorize the private sidetrack agreement between the…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago